Yesterday I attended the County Board of Supervisors meeting, where they were considering a new landscaping water conservation ordinance. The Planning Commission had recommended several steps to weaken the ordinance proposed by County Planning staff, which was strange because the staff version basically followed the state model ordinance, and state law says the alternatives must be at least as effective in water conservation.
Committee for Green Foothills spoke against the proposed changes, and I'm relieved to announce that the Supervisors voted unanimously for the staff version. There was a proposed change that would eliminate maintenance requirements, which would be a very bad idea, and it's not totally clear to me whether that flaw has been fixed - we'll have to see when the draft ordinance comes out.
Overall, some good news at yesterday's meeting!
-Brian Schmidt
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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